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Interferon Alfa-2b
CI-DRUG-00000678Explore in graph →CHEMBL1201558 Approved
Regulatory
Approvals (16)
Each record names the authority, jurisdiction, indication text and status. A drug approved in one jurisdiction for one indication is not 'approved' in general.
emaProvenance
- Source
- EMA — European public assessment reports (centrally authorised medicines)
- Dataset
- EMA medicines data (xlsx)
- Version
- ema-medicines-2026-09-11T06:00
- Retrieved
- Sep 11, 2026
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- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Evidence
- regulatory
- License
- EMA copyright — reproduction and distribution permitted for non-commercial and commercial purposes provided EMA is acknowledged as the source (https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/about-us/legal-notice)
- Run
- ING-EMA-20260911-000001
| Jurisdiction · authority | Cancer | Indication | Status | Approval date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU EMA | — | Chronic hepatitis B Treatment of adult patients with chronic hepatitis B associated with evidence of hepatitis-B viral replication (presence of DNA of hepatitis-B virus (HBV-DNA) and hepatitis-B antigen (HBeAg), elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and histologically proven active liver inflammation and / or fibrosis. Chronic hepatitis C Before initiating treatment with IntronA, consideration should be given to the results from clinical trials comparing IntronA with pegylated interferon. Adult patients IntronA is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with chronic hepatitis C who have elevated transaminases without liver decompensation and who are positive for hepatitis-C virus-RNA (HCV-RNA). The best way to use IntronA in this indication is in combination with ribavirin. Children three years of age and older and adolescents IntronA is indicated, in a combination regimen with ribavirin, for the treatment of children three years of age and older and adolescents, who have chronic hepatitis C, not previously treated, without liver decompensation, and who are positive for HCV-RNA. When deciding not to defer treatment until adulthood, it is important to consider that the combination therapy induced a growth inhibition that resulted in reduced final adult height in some patients. The decision to treat should be made on a case-by-case basis. Hairy-cell leukaemia Treatment of patients with hairy cell leukaemia. Chronic myelogenous leukaemia Monotherapy Treatment of adult patients with Philadelphia-chromosome- or bcr/abl-translocation-positive chronic myelogenous leukaemia. Clinical experience indicates that a haematological and cytogenetic major / minor response is obtainable in the majority of patients treated. A major cytogenetic response is defined by < 34 % Ph+ leukaemic cells in the bone marrow, whereas a minor response is ? 34 %, but < 90 % Ph+ cells in the marrow. Combination therapy The combination of interferon alfa-2b and cytarabine (Ara-C) administered during the first 12 months of treatment has been demonstrated to significantly increase the rate of major cytogenetic responses and to significantly prolong the overall survival at three years when compared to interferon alfa-2b monotherapy. Multiple myeloma As maintenance therapy in patients who have achieved objective remission (more than 50% reduction in myeloma protein) following initial induction chemotherapy. Current clinical experience indicates that maintenance therapy with interferon alfa-2b prolongs the plateau phase; however, effects on overall survival have not been conclusively demonstrated. Follicular lymphoma Treatment of high-tumour-burden follicular lymphoma as adjunct to appropriate combination induction chemotherapy such as a CHOP-like regimen. High tumour burden is defined as having at least one of the following: bulky tumour mass (> 7 cm), involvement of three or more nodal sites (each > 3 cm), systemic symptoms (weight loss > 10 %, pyrexia > 38°C for more than eight days, or nocturnal sweats), splenomegaly beyond the umbilicus, major organ obstruction or compression syndrome, orbital or epidural involvement, serous effusion, or leukaemia. Carcinoid tumour Treatment of carcinoid tumours with lymph node or liver metastases and with 'carcinoid syndrome'. Malignant melanoma As adjuvant therapy in patients who are free of disease after surgery but are at high risk of systemic recurrence, e.g. patients with primary or recurrent (clinical or pathological) lymph-node. |
Health Canada records are DIN-level: one row per marketed product (brand, strength, form). The Drug Product Database does not publish indications, so no cancer is stated for these rows, and a cancelled or dormant DIN is the status of that one product — not a withdrawal of the molecule.
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Derived
Development pipeline
Most advanced stage across all cancers, then per top-level cancer reached through trial conditions or approval indications. Approval in any ingested jurisdiction outranks trial phase; counts are interventional studies.
| Scope | Stage | Max phase | Active | Recruiting | Phase 3 | Trials | Approvals | Jurisdictions | First approval | First trial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cancers | Withdrawn | Phase 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 16 | CA, EU | — | Aug 5, 1998 |
| Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma | Phase4 | Phase 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Jun 1, 2014 |
| Leukemia | Phase3 | Phase 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Oct 22, 1998 |
| Kaposi Sarcoma | Phase2 | Phase 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Curated evidence
Clinical evidence (0)
CIViC items in which this therapy appears, grouped by cancer context, then molecular profile. 50 items per page.
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No curated evidence item mentions this therapy yet.
Clinical trials
Trials with this intervention (24)
Most recently updated first, 50 per page.
clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Dataset
- ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 studies
- Retrieved
- Sep 30, 2026
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- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
| NCT | Title | Status | Phase | Enrollment (n) | Sponsor | Countries | Last update | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCT00003641 | High-Dose Interferon Alfa in Treating Patients With Stage II or Stage III Melanoma | completed | Phase 3 | 1,150 | ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research GroupNETWORK | 4 | Sep 29, 2026 | clinicaltrials |
| NCT02737046 | Belinostat Therapy With Zidovudine for Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma | completed | Phase 2 |